1-800-1891: basketball is our favorite sport

This week, Harry Krinsky of Nothing But Respect joins us to talk about the invention of basketball. We discuss the rules of the game (you won’t believe how they dribbled), the cages they played in, and a hot controversy about its inventor. Listen now & follow Harry @lexaprotools on Substack & IG<3M+M

Show Notes:

“1-800-PODCAST” from 99% Invisible

Football by Chuck Klosterman

From Cages to Jumpshots by Robert W. Peterson

Richard Sandomir, “Basketball’s Birth, in James Naismith’s Own Spoken Words,” New York Times.

Dan Barry, “Who Really Invented Basketball, ‘The Human Calculator’ Thinks He Knows” New York Times.

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